UP’s ‘HumanEATies’ cookbook wins International Gourmand Award

Posted on December 13, 2023

UP’s Humanities Faculty and the Emerging Scholars Initiative Press team on their win at the International Gourmand Awards 2023 for their cookbook ‘HumanEATies’

From dombolo to soetkoek - UP’s Faculty of Humanities launches a free cookbook that celebrates diverse cultures and memories

Posted on March 30, 2023

UP's Faculty of Humanities celebrates 100 years with the launch of it's newly published transdisciplinary cookbook, HumanEATies.

Communication for all: Designing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems for persons from minority language backgrounds

Posted on October 31, 2021

October is AAC awareness month. Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems, strategies, tools, and techniques have assisted countless persons with severe communication disabilities in communicating and connecting with others. However, there has been little consideration for persons...

Employment of persons with severe communication disabilities

Posted on October 31, 2021

Employment rates of persons with disabilities in South Africa are shockingly low. Although unemployment rates are generally high for youth aged 15 to 35 years (currently, 64.4%) https://tradingeconomics.com/south-africa/youth-unemployment-rate, unemployment rates for persons with disabilities are...

Participation in court: How persons with severe communication disabilities can be accommodated

Posted on October 26, 2021

Persons with severe communication disabilities belong to the excluded group mentioned by Flynn. These individuals often face violations of their basic human rights, such as exclusion from the justice system. Yet, access to justice is vital as it could act as protection against the many forms of...

Dementia and AAC

Posted on October 26, 2021

Dementia is a collection of irreversible changes that occur in the brain. The course of dementia is unrelenting and its impact has real-world implications for individuals living with this condition. The most noteworthy is the life-altering consequences with regard to communication and valued...

UP’s Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication assists speech-impaired teen to testify

Posted on August 26, 2020

The University of Pretoria’s Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) recently assisted in a successful court case that not only brought justice for a young woman who was abused eight years ago, but may also set a precedent to allow symbol-based court testaments by...